Crib training disturbing neighbor... Advice urgently needed!

We desperately need to get LO into his crib now. We've been co-sleeping, partly because his nursery has a shared wall with our neighbor. In the first week of LO's life, when we tried to get him to sleep in his crib, our neighbor casually commented, "oh yeah, I could hear everything you guys were saying trying to get him to go to sleep. My bedroom is right there." I've been paranoid ever since.

But now it's getting urgent, because LO can crawl out of his co-sleeper, and our bed is not big enough to safely sleep 3. Just this morning I woke to find that he had crawled to the edge, and was just about to go over head first! Scary!

For the last few nights, he has been in his crib to start, but wakes up and obviously starts crying. I'm torn, because I'm so worried he'll disturb my neighbor, but at the same time I don't want to reward his crying by "rescuing" him every time he wakes up. Of course, to get him to fall asleep again quickly, I have to feed him. Nothing else works with him. And I know at 7 months, a baby does not need to eat 3-4 times a night anymore.

The one thing I have going in my favor in this situation is, my neighbor has a noisy dog that barks a LOT. But I don't want this to turn into neighbor wars.

We are sleep deprived and desperate to get this to work, for LO's own safety, so any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Comments (13)

I would just be nice, maybe make some cookies or something and give them a heads up as to what you will be doing. Apologize in advance but explain its something's you've got to do. It's just how it is in some living situations.

We share one wall with our neighbors. Condo/townhouse built in the 70s with walls like paper. I hate it. Luckily it's empty right now but it's going up for sale soon. I fear new neighbors but it's likely we're louder with a baby and crazy toddler. :)